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the tomb of frederick douglas three days after the election. this is a world spinning away from the gravity of centuries where the grave of a fugitive slave has become an altar. this is the tomb of a man born as chattel who taught himself to read in secret, scraping the letters in his name with chalk on wood. now, on the anvil flat stone, a campaign button fills the o in douglas. the button says obama. this is the tomb of a man in chains who left his fingerprints on the slave breaker's throat so the whip would never carve his back again. now, a labor union t-shirt drapes itself across the stone offered up by a nurse, a janitor, a bus driver,. a sticker on the sleeve says, i voted today. this is the tomb of a man who rolled his call to arms off the press, peering through spectacles of the abolitionist headline. now a newspaper spreads above his dates of birth and death. the headline says, obama wins. this is the stillness at the heart of the storm that began in the body of the first slave dragged aboard the first ship to america. yellow leaves d
the tomb of frederick douglas three days after the election. this is a world spinning away from the gravity of centuries where the grave of a fugitive slave has become an altar. this is the tomb of a man born as chattel who taught himself to read in secret, scraping the letters in his name with chalk on wood. now, on the anvil flat stone, a campaign button fills the o in douglas. the button says obama. this is the tomb of a man in chains who left his fingerprints on the slave breaker's throat...
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supervisor chu was elected to the board of supervisors in 2008 and reelected in 2010. we will get to know her and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. let's start by talking about your background -- where you grew up, what kinds of jobs you have work. supervisor chu: my parents immigrated to the united states about 30 years ago, and i would say that is probably the most formative part of my background. growing up in an immigrant family, you learn many things. my parents raised me in southern california, and i grew up in the restaurant business. they had a small restaurant at the time, and i was there every weekend, working -- well, not working, eating. having a fried egg roll, wanton, something good. it taught me the value of working hard and what it meant to be part of a small business, a small business -- a small business, small family, and an immigrant family at that. really being impacted by the los angeles riots, when that occurred, put me on the path toward public policy and understanding what it meant to
supervisor chu was elected to the board of supervisors in 2008 and reelected in 2010. we will get to know her and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. let's start by talking about your background -- where you grew up, what kinds of jobs you have work. supervisor chu: my parents immigrated to the united states about 30 years ago, and i would say that is probably the most formative part of my background. growing up in an immigrant family,...
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>> first of all is very welcome, it's accepting the premise the conservatives will win the next election. [cheers and applause] >> and interestingly, an interest in not raising the fact the unemployment figures are down once again today. employment is up why 90,000 this quarter, and the rate of job growth last year was the fastest since 1989. but i answered his question very clearly. i want to see a strong britain in a reformed europe. we have a very clear plan. we want to reset the relationship. we will hold of that referendum that we were recommend that we settlement to the british people. the question now is for him. has he got a clue what he would do? >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, he -- [shouting] the clues in the title prime minister's question, he is supposed to be answering the questions. [shouting] he has had six months, you said six months to think about this. it's not too much to ask. the right honorable member who is not your would say unequivocally that he would vote yes in a referendum. the children secretary who is hiding away down there, he has briefed he wa
>> first of all is very welcome, it's accepting the premise the conservatives will win the next election. [cheers and applause] >> and interestingly, an interest in not raising the fact the unemployment figures are down once again today. employment is up why 90,000 this quarter, and the rate of job growth last year was the fastest since 1989. but i answered his question very clearly. i want to see a strong britain in a reformed europe. we have a very clear plan. we want to reset the...
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>> first of all is very welcome, it's accepting the premise the conservatives will win the next election. [cheers and applause] >> and interestingly, an interest in not raising the fact the unemployment figures are down once again today. employment is up why 90,000 this quarter, and the rate of job growth last year was the fastest since 1989. but i answered his question very clearly. i want to see a strong britain in a reformed europe. we have a very clear plan. we want to reset the relationship. we will hold of that referendum that we were recommend that we settlement to the british people. the question now is for him. has he got a clue what he would do? >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, he -- [shouting] the clues in the title prime minister's question, he is supposed to be answering the questions. [shouting] he has had six months, you said six months to think about this. it's not too much to ask. the right honorable member who is not your would say unequivocally that he would vote yes in a referendum. the children secretary who is hiding away down there, he has briefed he wa
>> first of all is very welcome, it's accepting the premise the conservatives will win the next election. [cheers and applause] >> and interestingly, an interest in not raising the fact the unemployment figures are down once again today. employment is up why 90,000 this quarter, and the rate of job growth last year was the fastest since 1989. but i answered his question very clearly. i want to see a strong britain in a reformed europe. we have a very clear plan. we want to reset the...
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as such the election of officers is on the board's calendar. and just if i could take a brief moment for proceeding with the item. i want to take of the opportunity to thank president hwang and vice president fung for their service. it's been a pleasure for me to work in this capacity with each of you and greatly appreciate what have you done in these last months in your office >> thank you. >> so typically the board starts with the office of vice president and ask if there are any board members to nominate a colleague or themselves for this officer? >> commissioners, if i may start? i would like to nominate commissioner lazarus? she has served in official capacity before and i know she will be able to run the meeting in the absence of the president quite well. >> thank you. commissioner lazarus has been nominated foyer office of vice president. and is there any other nomination? >> i would second that nomination. >> okay. it has been seconded. is there any public comment before the board votes on this? eseeing none, if you could call the roll
as such the election of officers is on the board's calendar. and just if i could take a brief moment for proceeding with the item. i want to take of the opportunity to thank president hwang and vice president fung for their service. it's been a pleasure for me to work in this capacity with each of you and greatly appreciate what have you done in these last months in your office >> thank you. >> so typically the board starts with the office of vice president and ask if there are any...
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why was it a $6 billion election? we've got to take on the democracy issues. >> so if tee or four of the 51 docrats who could win for you next tuesday desert you, betray you, abandon you, what will you do? >> well, we only need 51, so four can go, actually, five can go because vice president biden has said he supports these things. we'll see. so you if you had 50 plus him, there you have the new rules for the next congress. >> but if you lose next tuesday you have as you've already said based upon the past almost no chance of anything happening in congress. >> and we need to reset, we will know who's who even though they won't publicize that, but we will know who's who. and we need to look at primaries. we needo look at saying, "guess what? we're not going to get involved at all, none of the progressives. so if you have a republican takeover in that seat that's the way it goes. we will fight it out in the primaries. we can't roll over," to use your words, strong words i might add. we have to show that we can make a di
why was it a $6 billion election? we've got to take on the democracy issues. >> so if tee or four of the 51 docrats who could win for you next tuesday desert you, betray you, abandon you, what will you do? >> well, we only need 51, so four can go, actually, five can go because vice president biden has said he supports these things. we'll see. so you if you had 50 plus him, there you have the new rules for the next congress. >> but if you lose next tuesday you have as you've...
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who promise one thing before they get elected and another thing once they come to power. as you see, we only say things we believe and we're going to try to implement. we're not saying anything that is crazy, we're not saying anything that is too wordy. in many instances we feel like scientists from the middle ages who were trying to tell everybody that reinvolves around the sun and yet we are threatened with excommunications because they were talking sense. we're talking sense. we are being heading off a cliff. we're not going to be like gal lay owe and say that the earth doesn't reinvolve around the sun. >> i'm going ask a follow yes. one thing in the united states are sympathetic to the idea that austerity by itself isn't going create growth certainly that was president obama and many democrats and some republicans view of our own economy. the question they have for greece is will each round of loans lead to the right kind of investments and the right kinds of restructuring end of licensing and end of other things that constrain the greek economy and many consider the
who promise one thing before they get elected and another thing once they come to power. as you see, we only say things we believe and we're going to try to implement. we're not saying anything that is crazy, we're not saying anything that is too wordy. in many instances we feel like scientists from the middle ages who were trying to tell everybody that reinvolves around the sun and yet we are threatened with excommunications because they were talking sense. we're talking sense. we are being...
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there'll be elections in italy and we will see how we does. but you need popular mandates to get changes really through. i'm encouraged with the ireland. they're making good progress getting back to the market but there's still a lot of problems. the latest victim is cyprus. the banks held a lot of greek paper. they ran up the deficit there, and so they are the latest bailout case that we are going to see. that each country is different, and that leads to what is the same, and that's contagion. europeans did not want to see that there was contagion at the time of greece. and no matter who you talk to with a few i think exceptions, policymakers, they thought they would be no contagion out of greece in 2010. well, we know there's been plenty of contagion. the minister of finance of germany an made a statement to a group of us in tokyo at the imf meetings there a couple months ago. when he was asked what was the biggest mistake you made so far in the european debt crisis, and he said we did not understand and did not accept the idea of contagion.
there'll be elections in italy and we will see how we does. but you need popular mandates to get changes really through. i'm encouraged with the ireland. they're making good progress getting back to the market but there's still a lot of problems. the latest victim is cyprus. the banks held a lot of greek paper. they ran up the deficit there, and so they are the latest bailout case that we are going to see. that each country is different, and that leads to what is the same, and that's contagion....
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and you're seeing more and or more asian members elected, male and female. and i think you'll continue to see that. you know -- >> who else -- [inaudible] >> well, you have, i think there are several. you have one who's a korean, i think you have one korean-american, and i think you'll see more going forward because you've got a lot of asian americans who are mayors, you know, in major cities. and i think that the answer is i think would be very helpful to have more asian-americans as members of congress. and, of course, you had governor who's now our ambassador to, who is our secretary of commerce who is now our ambassador to beijing. and if you believe the chinese on the street, he's the most popular ambassador of any in china today. so popular that some members of the government think he's too -- the chinese government think he's too popular. and he's a good friend of terry's and also of mine. so i would hope to see more of that going forward. >> at the time of the formation of the euro, the three-tier euro was considered but not adopted. an unfortunate r
and you're seeing more and or more asian members elected, male and female. and i think you'll continue to see that. you know -- >> who else -- [inaudible] >> well, you have, i think there are several. you have one who's a korean, i think you have one korean-american, and i think you'll see more going forward because you've got a lot of asian americans who are mayors, you know, in major cities. and i think that the answer is i think would be very helpful to have more asian-americans...
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there has been a terrific run-up since the election and since they finalized those deals inside the beltway. are we setting ourselves up for some kind of pullback? those folks with a lot of cash are waiting for one right now? should they? >> i do think you're setting yourself up for somewhat after pullback. i don't think it gets downside traction because as mark said, things are improving. you get this political situation behind you, which we've been adamant about. i spend a lot of time living inside the d.c. beltway and was pretty adamant the fiscal cliff was not armageddon and our government is becoming less dysfunctional. you got get the worries in the rear view mirror and people look what is going well. housing recovery is real. auto situation is strong. david: let me hold you on housing for a second, jeff. we had a pullback on prices. we had a tremendous run-up in 2012 in the price of housing. were you worried at all on the prices today? >> not really because if you drill down into the numbers, beneath the surface numbers are really not all that bad. i'm here in real estate central in
there has been a terrific run-up since the election and since they finalized those deals inside the beltway. are we setting ourselves up for some kind of pullback? those folks with a lot of cash are waiting for one right now? should they? >> i do think you're setting yourself up for somewhat after pullback. i don't think it gets downside traction because as mark said, things are improving. you get this political situation behind you, which we've been adamant about. i spend a lot of time...
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scott is up for re-election next year. >>> and singer adell announced wednesday she will perform her oscar nominated "skyfall" at the academy awards next month. this is the first time she'll perform it live anywhere. we love adel. she's had a baby. >> is she going to sing it herself or be beyonce style? >> depends. >> if her voice is strong and nothing happens, she'll sing it herself. if she's weak she will probably lip sync, don't you think. >> just like the rest of us. >>> 50 minutes past the hour. i love this story. a texas baby is finally going home. she was born in october with about a third of her heart beating. listen to this, outside of her body. surgeons put it back inside where it belongs and now she is well enough to leave the hospital. about eight babies out of a million are born with this kind of condition, the one that audri in. a has but most only live a few days. they took the skin and pulled it over the heart. this is a miracle baby. they found she had this condition when the mom went to have an ultrasound. luckily she's going home. >> this he have to reconstruct her
scott is up for re-election next year. >>> and singer adell announced wednesday she will perform her oscar nominated "skyfall" at the academy awards next month. this is the first time she'll perform it live anywhere. we love adel. she's had a baby. >> is she going to sing it herself or be beyonce style? >> depends. >> if her voice is strong and nothing happens, she'll sing it herself. if she's weak she will probably lip sync, don't you think. >> just...